Cumbria
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- proper noun
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Cumbria
- The annual music festival in Cumbria attracts visitors from all over the country.
- Workington, Cumbria
- West Cumbria
- Cumbria, CA14
Yesterday I was in Northumberland, in Yorkshire, Cumbria and Bedford.
- Yesterday I was in Northumberland, in Yorkshire, Cumbria and Bedford.
- And mainly that's due to the clock makers, people like yourself, you know, the Cumbria Clock Company and the Palace Clock team who really take care over this mechanism.
Examples
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I grew up in Cumbria, surrounded by stunning lakes and mountains.
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Writing of that award in the Cumbria magazine of October 2007, Terry Fletcher wrote:
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Our school is called Rookford in Cumbria.
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Tony formed the West Cumbria Photo Group in 1998 and encouraged the group to join PSA.
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I'm back home in Cumbria, chilling out before the Christmas break.
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I'm originally from Cumbria.
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A very recently published narrative of a British emigrant's journey from Cumbria to Canada by Thomas Benson shows that the experiences of the emigrant era in the 1950s were very little different in principle from what they were in the 1820s and 1830s.
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When visiting Cumbria, you must explore the beautiful landscapes of the Lake District.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cumbria comes from an old Welsh word Cymru, which means 'fellow countrymen' and is the Welsh name for Wales. The people who lived in that area long ago used that name for their land, so Cumbria became the name of the region in northwest England.